Audio stops in iTunes during play

I'm having a consistent problem with iTunes 10.5.2 for the mac. I'll select a playlist to play music, and that works fine for awhile. Then the audio stops while the timeline continues to move. Eventually, the audio comes back, but it might take as much as 15 minutes and multiple songs before it does.
Has anyone seen this? I've had this problem for awhile now and haven't found a solution. I went through a search through the forum and so far haven't found anything later than 2006.

I should add that if I put the song in play on pause, then start, the audio comes back for a few songs when I lose audio again.

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