Your first system and your journey...

My first system back in the 70s I had a Scott Vacuum tube integrated amp
Laffeyette tuner Technics directdrive turntable, Audio technica cartridge,Nachamichi 505 3 head cassette deck, Audioquest cabling, and Raw Klipsch Heresey speakers i hand stained and French waxed, back then 1inch thick  plywood cabinet.It took me months to save for all of these, the turntable I got 1st,the tuner was a birthday gift .great memories,to m6 friends this was high end ,and sounded dam good .
It’s funny thinking back,I have spent more then my house on Audio. 

1969, I was 14, had a part time job with a guy that delivered bleach and laundry supplies to houses, restaurants and hotels. I bought a Lloyds am/fm receiver with a built in cassette player at Kmart, I believe it set me back $79 and I thought I had died and gone to heaven. It's been a labour of love ever since.

1964 Sears suit case with drop down turntable and 1 detachable speaker, came one xmas eve.  Put a record on for sleepy time. Turned the volume all the way down and that ceramic stylus was loud enough.  1968, Navy gave me a chance to visit building A33 in Yokosuka, bought a small Pioneer rcvr., Pioneer speakers, Dual 1019 with a Shure floating stylus(only made for one year, stylus easily broke) and Panasonic RTR.  Have yet to stop upgrading.

First car stereo in a 1975 Chevy Monza: Kraco am/fm 8-track with matching Kraco 6” speakers with the all-important “whizzer cones” for treble response.

1981: College, Sherwood S9600 CP receiver (still have it, works great!) Boston Acoustics A70 Speakers, NAD 5025 TT, Technics RM240X cassette deck. Still have the NAD 9300 cartridge, and still a very fine cartridge!

My first audio system that I could call my own consisted of a Marantz 2265B, Technics cassette player and Cerwin Vega speakers
I was living the dream!  Man those speakers were pretty hard on the ears