I tried out several handmade ones in the $1000-1500 range but settled on this:
http://www.headjoints.com/
The Louis Lot one. I found one here in Los Angeles at a shop and loved it. Nice old-school sound but none of the fitting and tenon issues of trying to put a wood headjoint on a metal body.
The Boehm model is reportedly very good. Both are old-school and focus on tone and response versus sheer volume and penetration(most modern headjoints, IMO)
If I need it to reach that far back, I can always put a mic on it, after all.
Powell makes a similar headjoint to these - fits right on with no fuss. IIRC, Powell's and full Circle's are conical bore, which is why they have a pronounced "woodwind" sound.(bit like an Oboe's tone, but quite obviously a flute and not a reed)
http://www.jnovoheadjoints.com/index.html
I've also heard good information about his work as well. Nice info on the site as well.
