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Its a difficult one. A club mate has Hunt wheels on his bike and believes them to be the best money can buy. I think the haters resent the heavy marketing which makes them out to be more than what they are: Cheaper components, hand built to a high standard backed by really good customer service.
Personally I would chose Hope because they are slightly better components (my oldest Pr02 hubs are still fine after 15 years) backed by excellent CS, and they are manufactured in the UK which matters to me.
I still cant make sense of the Hunt wheels bashing, arent they just bitex+ kinlin with pillar spokes? If you get a 'custom' wheel built with those specs, the pricing would come close if not more.