Here is a Washington Post article about MoFi Records using digital masters and not publicly being upfront about it, and the company certainly deserves a smack-down.
Audiophiles comes across as slightly nutty old dudes, but no mention of cables, thankfully. Here is another example as to way I don't tell other people I'm an audiophile as that term is hijacked by nuts, the hifi magazines and unethical audio companies. Even on this forum we have cable nuts and other flat-earthers that remains immune to science.
I think it's very decent article and the following is something you can easily read here on this forum:
>>>The fallout of the MoFi revelation has thrown the audiophile community into something of an existential crisis. The quality of digitized music has long been criticized because of how much data was stripped out of files so MP3s could fit on mobile devices. But these days, with the right equipment, digital recordings can be so good they can fool even the best ears. Many of MoFi’s now-exposed records were on Fremer and Esposito’s own lists of the best sounding analog albums.<<<
The article does end with this uplifting paragraph to smack-down the nuts:
>>>And Randy Braun, a music lover, Hoffman message board member and lawyer in New York, hopes that, in the end, the MoFi revelation will prove what he’s been saying for years, that the anti-digital crowd has been lying to itself: “These people who claim they have golden ears and can hear the difference between analog and digital, well, it turns out you couldn’t.” <<<