Your first system and your journey...

1) Motorola portable record player...yes it folded like a suitcase ~ 1964
2) a little red Lear Jet portable 8 track tape player, hitachi portable cassette player, Panasonic Transistor Radio
3) Sanyo compact stereo system
4) separates from Lafayette Radio 1978
5) Hitachi Class G receiver and Ohm L speakers, Philips 312 Table 1978
6) Tandberg receiver And Ohm Walsh 2s and Linn turntable, Magnavox CD player
7) Tandberg and Magnepan and Sony CD player
8) Carver separates and Magnepan
9) Carver Separates and B&W
10) Carver separates and New Ohm Walsh, Roku and Logitech streamers
11) Musical Fidelity and ARC and Ohms, MHDT Dac
12) Bel Canto ARC and Ohms

My first stereo was a carpeted 8track player with built in speakers at the foot of my bed.
 Had two carpeted cushioned stools which slid under it.
  I was 10 or eleven years old, and I would play 4 8 tracks nightly,
bill joel 42nd st.
styx grand illusion and paradise theatre.
kiss destroyer.


Upon my my early teens, I ventured into my dads reel to reel, and old Beatles, waylon, strawberry alarm clock records and a bunch more were daily spun.

  Had a few stereos since then,lots of good gear.

currently happy w my current gear.
hope to get 10 more years from components.

My first real system incorporated 1950's era Heathkit tube components (preamp, power amp, AM tuner) that my dad soldered together on the kitchen table. I had a Garrard record changer with a crystal cartridge. A no-name speaker. I'd play classical, pop and kiddie 78's, 45s and 33s. I was maybe six years old. It was about 1958. I was in seventh heaven.

Though I did own a couple of the all in one TT systems prior, my1st actual system, purchased in 1970, was Dual1219 w/ Sure V15 type II, Sansui AU-555 integrated, Pioneer 63dx speakers, Teac  4010s R2R. 

1959 Zenith Portable w/ Cobra Tonearm
Up to 1968 Dad's system.
1968 Dynaco PAS 3X, Stereo 70, AR 2Ax, Thorens TD 124 w/ ADC Pritchard tonearm (used) and Empire cartridge (I think) 
1971 Dynaco Stereo 120 (big mistake)
1972 Klipsh Heresy's used Marantz 7C preamp.
1973 Phase Linear 700 (also used) and added a pair of Advent speakers to the Heresy's Revox R to R w/ dolby. 
In 1968 my dad bought and Ariens snow blower. The deal was I could do as many driveways as I wanted as long as I did ours first. God knows how much I made. I spent every penny on records and Hi Fi. A financial wizard I am not.