I can only agree with the praise and what everyone else is already saying about this cable, but here's my story...
Some years ago I tested quite a few different USB cables and various USB tweaks came and went, and in the end I settled with the original Phasure Lush cable which I thought was the best I had found by quite a margin. During a period I was then using a streamer with built-in DAC so no USB cable was needed, only ethernet. A few months ago I bought an external DAC again and I was pretty convinced that I wanted the Lush^2 cable which had been launched while I was using ethernet only. I still think it's a great cable to be honest, and compared to the Sablon it's a bit cheaper as well making it very price worthy. However, at the time the Sablon 2020 model was not even available, but when it was launched I felt that I wanted to try it.
Together with a few other changes in my system for the last couple of months things has really improved on a large scale, going from the internal DAC back to external, replacing the internal SMPS in my Lumin to a Paul Hynes LPS, and then adding the new Sablon 2020 USB as icing on the cake to that has really made quite a difference. I think that I'm on a level with things that each change upstream is really reflected all the way in the chain, every upgrade is enabling the component next to it to perform even better.
Describing sound and difference in sound is easier said than done and I'm no expert at this, but to me the Sablon is like an open window to the music without ever getting bright or digital, I think it allows my DAC to portrait things in layers, it brings out every little detail in there and the music just flows in a very effortless way. To re-use a classic phrase it's the cable I don't hear anymore and it just gets out of the way, I actually think that sums it up quite well.
I'm very impressed by its performance and actually glad that I fell for the temptation to try it out, even though I was pretty happy with my current USB cable. And speaking about temptations, guess who is currently very happy with his ethernet cable? And guess who is looking forward to production of the new Sablon 2020 ethernet cables kicking off soon?
Yup, after having spent a few weeks together with the USB cable I just have to try that one, but if it betters my current ethernet cable then it swings quite high above it's price range, so we'll see about that.