I've had a few, and I wouldn't have said anything if I didn't have any hands on experience. Before I went on the amp collection journey I've been on lately, I did the "pickup journey" - I've had every major Dimarzio and Duncan bridge humbucker at one point or another in a guitar, along with a few others (BKP, Gibson Dirty Fingers, PJ Marx, etc) as well as the Duncan Designed HB103 and HB108's, and an assortment of 80s era OEM Dimarzios. I've since gotten rid of a lot of stuff that I didn't like, or by necessity because I've been downsizing the guitar collection.
I don't really believe in the hocus pocus stuff, if a pickup is the same physical dimensions, with the same strength/size/type of magnet, with the same number of coil windings with the same wire gauge with the same quality copper wire, and the same distance away from the same sized strings, it's going to sound identical to another regardless of what wood the guitar is made from, or how cheap the plastic is, or where in the world it was sourced from. Oh, and pole pieces, of course.
Duncan intentionally changed a few specs on the Designed series pickups to make them different from USA models, but they are not necessarily "worse." For example, the HB103 I mentioned, it's nearly to the SH-6 Distortion, except instead of a double sized ceramic magnet, it's just a regular one. So assuming the wire used is the same gauge, and measures roughly the same resistance, sticking a double sized ceramic magnet in there results in an identical pickup tone-wise - which I did, and I could barely tell any difference using the same guitar and same amp. Now, I don't know for a fact that wire used for the windings is the identical gauge, and I'm sure it's not the same quality (oxygen free etc etc) but there's no way anyone could realistically tell them apart in a blind test. Shoot, some of those pickups have their own following like the HB108's, which have the huge screw pole pieces like an invader, but a more standard sized ceramic magnet like a Custom (a real invader has 3), which is a combination Duncan doesn't normally offer unless you go custom shop.
I just think in terms of things that can be electronically measured. There's no secret magic in a wind of the same spec, regardless of what name is printed on it or where it came from. Like I said, I know I'm in the minority here. There's just a lot of intentionally misleading marketing fluff in my opinion. You also can't categorically say all of X name pickups are bad, while makers have their own style with builds etc, it's down to personal preference and the specific model/wind. If OP is looking for more output than a stock Gibson, and clarity usually means more upper mids, then there's definitely options in the BKP list that check those boxes.
Side note, it's a shame no one has created a "picking" machine, to hit a string with the same power every time. Then put every pickup the same distance under it, and measure the output of each one to a spectrum analyzer. You'd be able to tell side by side which pickups emphasize which frequencies and which have higher output (ohms =/= output level), and you could cut the manufacturer specific measuring and marketing out of the picture.