Road Wheels & Road Wheel Recommendations?

Is weight the reason you barely ever see Phil hubs in road wheels? Universally adored for track hubs, but I actually just had to check their site to see if they even make road hubs.

My 7900 C24s are at the end of their life, or will be fairly soon. Brake track almost worn through. I gather replacing the rims (like for like) is futile. They seem to use massive, thick straight pull Shimano spokes so am I right in thinking picking up any standard rims (orient express/HED Belgium, C2/Archetype) would not be an option? Even if posible, and I could find rims with the right drillings, I'm not sure about running 16/20 on handbuilt wheels. Factory wheels seem to work some magic that lets them get away with much fewer spokes.

So, started to thinking about saving for some bling/semi-bling wheels. Initally thought CK R45s, and one of the rims just mentioned, but they're silly expensive and a pain to service. Going through a Hope-love phase at the minute, so most likely route currently is Pro 3 with one of those rim options.

Just wanted to know I'm not missing a track with the Phils. They do seem particularly porky though in terms of weight.

What about Royce hubs or dura ace? Both have better internals than the hope ones- and fewer issues should you want to go 11 speed at some point. Dura ace to hed Ardennes would be my number one do it all 'nice but not too nice' durable wheelset.