McIntosh & the Bachelor Pad

I came across an article about bachelor pads. That peculiar piece of real estate where your masculinity can be celebrated. To quote Hef,

We like our apartment. We enjoy mixing up cocktails and an hors d’oeuvre or two, putting a little mood music on the phonograph and inviting a female acquaintance for a quiet discussion on Picasso, Nietzsche, jazz, sex.

Clearly music is a central element in the BP. The article provides three stereo tips. I will quote the first two:

Stereo tip No. 1: McIntosh makes a boss receiver ($6,500 for a MAC-6700).

Stereo tip No. 2: The average bachelor should not ask for stereo advice from guys who are really, really, really into stereos. Above a certain level, the world of the audiophile becomes an alien atmosphere—an ultraexpensive echo chamber of inaccessible acoustics. If you have to ask, you don’t want to know. Bang & Olufsen has probably got you covered.

Note that Hef's uses vinyl, not R2R and that the BP is for stereo, not multi-channel.

My question is addressed to those who are really, really, really into stereos, have a McIntosh receiver and reside in a bachelor pad -- what's a good cocktail to serve when discussing Nietzsche with that special female acquaintance?