I recently got talked into trying out scotch on another forum I frequent, and had Macallan 12 year recommended as a good starting point w/ scotch. I agree. It's smooth, has a great initial sweetness, just the right amount of heat combined with a warm honey/vanilla finish. I'm sure it's probably pretty simple for the seasoned scotch aficionado, but I like it.
I saw that head-fi link a couple weeks ago and was overwhelmed. Nevermind the amount of scotches there, the combined cost of all those scotches combined is the really overwhelming part. Good scotch is 'spensive!