I think CK stuff is a bit more bling than function.
I agree - now - but when I bought my last one (I might have gotten a good guy discount at the lbs) - I paid less than 100 and there were not as many option as there are now. My hubs spent ~ 6 years on a mountain bike, 3 wheel builds and the last 6 on my road bike, 1 build (so far) - not too many other hubs could get away with that. The last mountain wheel set I built I was going to go with CK - but I saved several hundred bucks and went with XTR - don't look as nice but I don't have to deal with the angry bee sound either.