No, this is not similar at all. An image of a tape reel is to recording audio as an icon of a floppy disk is to saving documents — a lazy visual shortcut, requ

No, this is not similar at all. An image of a tape reel is to recording audio as an icon of a floppy disk is to saving documents — a lazy visual shortcut, requiring a non-trivial semantic context. What is the percentage of humans alive today who have used a tape reel recorder? The boundary between affordances and skeuomorphs is perfectly clear. Just ask yourself — does the form of the design element in question follow its function?