About two months ago, I purchased a set of Neuvation R28 SL3 wheels.  They originally listed at $499, but I got them on sale for $399, plus a ceramic bearing upgrade, which took the total price up to $409, delivered to my home.  Right now, they're advertising the same set for $299!  Neuvationcycling.com

I bought these wheels to serve as my daily training wheels, replacing a set of Ksyrium Elites that I've had for about 4 years.  My goal was to get a solid set of wheels that were simple, lightweight, relatively robust.  

After two months, these wheels are awesome!  At an advertised weight of 1540g, they're lighter than my Ksyriums and the ceramic bearings seem to give a smoother ride going downhill.  They might lack some degree of the stiffness that a deeper section rim might bring, but I've not noticed any sponginess or lack of responsiveness.  And I've really banged them around - we have some mountain roads here that have the worst pavement you can imagine (i.e., more gravel than pavement -- including some sections that are really just gravel).  I've blasted down some of these roads, shaking and rattling through 6in deep potholes and these wheels remain completely true and solid.  One caveat here is that, at 125lbs, I'm not as naturally hard on wheels as some folks, but what I lack in density, I make up for in intensity and quantity (2 months = 3k miles).

The ceramic bearing thing was new to me.  The kit comes with all the bearings you need as well as the gizmo to install them.  The installation was relatively straightforward and required only one trip to my LBS to use a tool that I didn't have (I also had to cleverly use some dental floss in the process, but this also relates to the tool issue).  Although it's probably unclear what difference it really makes, the website claims in increase of a few watts, which seems fairly substantial for such a small addition.  But, as I say above, the place where I think that I notice the difference is in descents that feel just a smidge faster and smoother.

Other tidbits:  The rear hub has a pleasing, but quiet click-click when freewheeling.  The spokes are simple and easily replaced when needed.  The hubs have about three parts, which is about right.  A handful of extra spokes and nipples come with the order.    

Overall, I'm really pleased.  The only things that are potential drawbacks are: 1.  No bling or sex appeal.  Even the website is drab.  2.  Gotta use rim tape.  Is it me, or does that stuff weigh about 100lbs?  That's it.  Honestly, I like these wheels so much that before I strap on my Eastons prior to races, I really have to convince myself that they're really any better.  In fact, I have a buddy who uses the Neuvations as his racing set and has some tricked out (and much more expensive) Ksyriums for training.

The bottom line is that there's no beating the price on these solid, lightweight, and straightforward wheels.