Naturally I agree with what Ken just stated. You can spend your life trying to get "that sound", but usually it has much more to do with your instrument than if you're using Permanents or Flexocores! Believe me, I've spent about a year investing in strings only to find that it's a means to an end.
I've played Olivs and Eudoxa's and both blended fine in an orchestra section because they sound like a steel-string but with a very warm, round sound. I've also played plain gut strings from Aquila Italia, Gamut and Dlogolecki, and true gut strings will never blend in a modern ensemble.
I do not know how these strings by Genssler sound or fit in a modern orchestral bass section. I think you have a lot of leeway when you're a jazz musician or perhaps the only bassist in a chamber ensemble, because you can afford afford to "make your own sound".
There's a reason why players come back to strings that sound like Flexocore (or more recently Belcanto), it's because they have that warm, powerful sound that blends well and isn't too aggressive.
That being said, if I were a jazz musician I would not hesitate to use real gut strings. There's a special feeling that comes from playing these strings.
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