What was your first system? When was that?

Here's what I had as my first system in 1976: Marantz 2270 rcvr and Koss Pro4AA headphones, Empire 698 TT/Microacoustics 2002 cartridge, Infinity Monitor 1A speakers (Walsh tweeters). Polk Cobra Cable speaker wire. 

By 1978 I had a much better system: Ariston RD11S TT/JH Formula 4 arm/ GAS Sleeping Beauty Super Elliptical mc cart/ Verion P SUT, AGI 511 pre/GAS Son of Ampzilla, DCM Time Windows, Mitsubishi DA-F10 tuner. Verion Triaxial ICs and Mogami Blue Neglex speaker cable. Quite an improvement!

Define system?
1973... Yellow all in one multi play record player, nope cannot remember the brand.

Oh a REAL system......
1975 ..... Trio belt drive TT, Trio 25wpc Integrated Amp. Mission speakers. Later added an Aiwa cassette deck.

All paid for my myself by having worked Saturday jobs from age of 13 to 15. All purchased from our local high street hifi store in Nottingham, England.
Pretty sure the store was Laskys, sort of a Best Buy for hifi of the 70,s and 80,s back in England.