Chiming in, I bought my Ignition back in December, one of two that were on the rack at Guitar Center. The one I bought clearly had the flatwound strings, felt pretty good between my fingers, compared to the other one which was newer and had the roundwound strings. The one I picked up was the Pro Edition and was marked as “Used” and at the time I thought the strings had been LaBella’s put on there by the previous owner before selling it to the store, but they’re definitely the Hofner Asian brand when I looked at the threading and compared some pictures of the two.
From a sound standpoint, the flats I was more familiar with were the Roto Jazz flats which I have on my Rickenbacker copy. These Asian ones have a deeper, rounder tone that works in pretty good congruence with the hollowbody Hofner, especially with the neck position, and resonate and snap well when both pickups are engaged (bridge rolled almost all the way off) with a deep punchier tone.
I haven’t been in any rush to get either Pyramid’s or LaBellas just yet, these stock strings aren’t just laying down, they’re doing some work despite the price point but it’s definitely a “your mileage may vary” situation, as my satisfaction for now may not be yours if you chose to keep them on there.
. I presume the original control panel is still with you so, you can return it to stock at anytime. 
