Ok MANY thank to IHOR for making the information needed to fix my DAC possible.
I have a few RIYA lite DACs. there were the first generation of dacs and wired , unfortunately, with very substandard usb cable. I wish to point out that this is not his fault in any way, just an engineering flaw that rose up later. On the other side the DAC itself if AWESOME to use. so after a quick email.. here is what I did..
First, Find a schedule "c" usb cable, the one on the right is the "factory " one and needs to be replaced.
Then drill out the strain relief, see above relief pre drilled an inserted onto the red usb cable.
Then carefully solder the new wires back to the proper terminals. My wires were so thick that I mounted them at 90 degrees.
It was recommended that pin#24 also be grounded
After all the soldering was done, now to find a project box. I chose an Altoids tin!
After abit of tin smithing...
Here are the parts pre-fitted.
And now completed!
It works again!!
Thanks Ihor for the fix AND what do you think.. coolest DAC in the world?