There are still some people who enjoy listening to their old LP's. If you don't have a turntable and wish to buy one, then first and foremost don't overspend on the turntable and underspend on the cartridge. The sound you really hear is the cartridge as much as the table itself. There is a debate about the differences between direct drive and belt drive. One advantage of the direct drive is that it can easily match Israeli cycles.
Tape decks fall somewhere in between speakers and the above two.
There is a difference in sound quality and especially noise reduction between models. Yet it is not as strong as in speakers. The tape head is a type of electromagnet which forms a magnetic pattern which is then read when you playback the recording. There is a microscopically small gap between the poles where the head touches the tape. Naturally if you have only two heads one for eraser and one for the rest you will have to compromise.