Bowers & Wilkins USB speakers

I hooked up a set to my 27" Cinema Display but no sound. Tried to change outputs in the sound preferences but don't see USB as a choice. Any advice?
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I use USB speakers, rather fine ones. MM-1 (Bower&Wilkins)
With Mountain Lion, everything was good. Ever since I switched to Mavericks, I have all sorts of problem with them.
In lin- in mode, everything is ok, but in USB mode:
I loose all audio sometimes when switching apps, or or for example, starting a video when music is playing from Rdio streaming.
A loud «pop» or "click" sound occurs in the left speaker when a video or a sound «initializes». e.g. opening a web page with a video in it.
Changing the audio out back and forth from USB to "internal speaker" sometimes bring sound back, but most of the time, only a restart will do.
Or to make everything explode:
Play music in Rdio, open Safari, launch a YouTube video, toggle multiple times between full screen and normal mode, then BOOM loose All audio until restarting the Mac.
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I use USB speakers, rather fine ones. MM-1 (Bower&Wilkins)
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Thank you!

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- At this point, Match should run again. With just a few albums it should complete in just a few minutes.
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If the device is connected to a USB hub:
Make sure the device and the hub are the same speed. Connect USB 3.0 SuperSpeed devices to a USB 3.0 SuperSpeed HUB, USB 2.0 Hi-Speed devices to a USB 2.0 Hi-Speed hub, and so on.
If the device doesn’t have a power cord and is plugged into another USB device that doesn’t have a power cord:
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Restart apps:
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Restart your Mac:
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