Thank you for your consideration.
I have the AES/EBU breakout cable for the DigiMax which allows 24 bit output up to 96K in 4 stereo pairs.
PreSonus
The 96 io has only 1 AES/EBU stereo pair input (page 5):
akmedia.digidesign.com/support/docs/96_IO_Guide_25668.pdf
hence the invention of the ADAT lightpipe to allow a 8 channel stream in a small single port cable.
It was a good thought though.