You DAC advertises the following
2021-04-20 20:36:14.044 T:1178 INFO <general>: Device 5
2021-04-20 20:36:14.044 T:1178 INFO <general>: m_deviceName : @:CARD=Audio,DEV=0
2021-04-20 20:36:14.044 T:1178 INFO <general>: m_displayName : DigiHug USB Audio
2021-04-20 20:36:14.044 T:1178 INFO <general>: m_displayNameExtra: Analog
2021-04-20 20:36:14.044 T:1178 INFO <general>: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
2021-04-20 20:36:14.044 T:1178 INFO <general>: m_channels : FL, FR
2021-04-20 20:36:14.044 T:1178 INFO <general>: m_sampleRates : 48000
2021-04-20 20:36:14.044 T:1178 INFO <general>: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE
2021-04-20 20:36:14.045 T:1178 INFO <general>: m_streamTypes : No passthrough capabilities
2021-04-20 20:36:14.045 T:1178 INFO <general>: Device 6
2021-04-20 20:36:14.045 T:1178 INFO <general>: m_deviceName : iec958:CARD=Audio,DEV=0
2021-04-20 20:36:14.045 T:1178 INFO <general>: m_displayName : DigiHug USB Audio
2021-04-20 20:36:14.045 T:1178 INFO <general>: m_displayNameExtra: S/PDIF
2021-04-20 20:36:14.045 T:1178 INFO <general>: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_IEC958
2021-04-20 20:36:14.045 T:1178 INFO <general>: m_channels : FL, FR
2021-04-20 20:36:14.045 T:1178 INFO <general>: m_sampleRates : 8000,16000,32000,44100,48000,96000
2021-04-20 20:36:14.045 T:1178 INFO <general>: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_RAW,AE_FMT_S24NE3,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE
2021-04-20 20:36:14.045 T:1178 INFO <general>: m_streamTypes : STREAM_TYPE_AC3,STREAM_TYPE_DTSHD_CORE,STREAM_TYPE_DTS_1024,STREAM_TYPE_DTS_2048,STREAM_TYPE_DTS_512
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Which tells me that the Analog device only supports 48kHz. The iec958 (spdif) supports up to 96kHz. So someone is lying