Everyone has given the basic necessities. A squat rack you can bench in and a bench to go in it. Barbells weights and dumbells. Something do do pullups and maybe dips.

When it comes to spotter racks if you have the room and money look to get a surround cage that has a lot of spotter adjustments that go very low. The cage will give you the most versatility and range in the long run especially in terms of safety. Just for an example, it would allow you do to heavy overhead supports or jerk supports safely. And in general it is just safer since you can't miss the spotters. Most of them are a fairly standard height but as I said the lower you can put the supports and also the higher you can put the barbell the better.

The next best would be a spotter rack sort of like Pity got with lots of adjustments, etc...and sturdy. It doesn't need to be commercial quality of course.

A regular old squat rack without any spotter...basically just something to hold the bar up high is in the long run a waste of your money. Better to save up and get whatever gives you the most veratility. Think about things like rack deads and all sorts of other things you may need.

Something for pullups is good especially if it comes with dip attachments. Some squat racks will have dip bars as an option though. And also a pullup bar. Pullups can be rigged easily though without having to buy anything expensive.

A basic high and low pulley system...preferably something that can take standard or olympic weights rather than a limited "stack" is a good thing to have to round it out. Lots of things you can do with that and it can help you tremedously in terms of balanced training...but it's not a necessity like the others.

But a weight set and dumbells can defintely get you started. Adjustable dumbells are definitely going to be easier at home. And the expense of getting weighted dumbells is astronomical. The adjustable dumbells will limit your weight in the long run but you can get longer dumbells (which are expensive) or you can make you own long dumbell out of black pipe, hose clamps, and special weight locks that you can buy.

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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.