Wait. What's wrong with just going with a set of something like Reynolds assaults for ~$1200Ish? You still get the deep carbon look and it's still a great wheel set. Lets face it, most people buy wheels for the looks. Sure, they may not be the best wheels, and yes there are much better aluminum wheel sets like the c2,ck combo you're looking at. But in the end we all still want the looks. You're looking at top of the line alum vs top of the line carbon. I say go middle ground, nothing wrong with that.
I myself just got a set of the Reynolds attacks to try out. I already have a set of hed Ardennes gp I'm running on. But I knew I wanted the look of carbon.
Sorry if I've completely missed the point. Haha