How do I fix the audio dropouts and clipping/clicking since upgrading to Mavericks?

Since I upgraded to Mavericks on both my MacBook Pro (15" Mid 2010) and my Mac Pro (2 x 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, Early 2009), I've been getting various audio playback issues.
Randomly, I can be on a website like YouTube or Vimeo, or using software like Ableton or iTunes, or even just Quicktime, and the audio starts struggling and clicking/popping.
Considering I'm an audio engineer by trade, this is more than a little annoying.  A restart seems to temporarily fix it, but it can happen hours or even minutes later.
Anyone else having this issue?  Is there a fix?

I'm having this problems too on my audio interfaces, it's soooooooo really really ultra annoying... gosh, if just i'm not installing this horrible Mavericks update. PLEASE APPLE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!!

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