here is a brief comparison between a set of Seymour Duncan (Sentient and Nazul) VS Dimarzio (The Tone Zone and D Activator) on my 7 string ESP E-II MR Seven, I hope it helps you to choose between these pickups, they sound amazing imo, the difference is more clear at FFT Analysis with the Guitar recorded directly without any effects, to at the solo part the background clean arpeggio has been recorded with the same pickup that I am playing the solo with.
here are the time references:

Seymour Duncan Nazgul 7 Clean 00:05
DiMarzio The Tone Zone Clean 00:10
Seymour Duncan middle Clean 00:15
DiMarzio middle Clean 00:19
Seymour Duncan Sentient Clean 00:24
DiMarzio D Activator Clean 00:29
Seymour Duncan Nazgul 7 Solo 00:34
DiMarzio The Tone Zone Solo 00:43
Seymour Duncan middle Solo 00:52
DiMarzio middle Solo 01:02
Seymour Duncan Sentient Solo 1:11
DiMarzio D Activator Solo 1:20

Seymour Duncan Nazgul 7 Rhythm 01:30
DiMarzio The Tone Zone Rhythm 01:34
Seymour Duncan middle rhythm 01:39
Dimarzio middle Rhythm 01:44
Seymour Duncan Sentient rhythm 01:49
DiMarzio D Activator rhythm 01:53

(at this part 2 tracks been panned hard left and right and 2 tracks 50% left and right)

Seymour Duncan Nazgul 02:00
DiMarzio The Tone Zone 02:04
Seymour Duncan Nazgul 02:09
DiMarzio The Tone Zone 02:12

(at this part I recorded 2 tracks hard left and right)
Seymour Duncan Nazgul 02:18
DiMarzio The Tone Zone 02:28

FFT Analysis

Seymour Duncan Nazgul 02:41
DiMarzio The Tone Zone 02:55

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