Logic X - Mavericks - Audio dropout every 20 seconds

Logic Pro X output drops out for about 1 second, about every 18-20 seconds consistently. Brand new iMac, NO fusion drive.
I have tried with multiple output devices including the built-in output. Result is the same.
Audio and instrument tracks behave the same. The tracks themselves still show that they are producing a signal, however the actual output track in Logic shows the dropout.
Updated all software, restarted... no difference.
All instruments, be it Kontakt, Omnisphere, Sculpture... no difference.
Increased buffer size to maximum... no difference. Decreased to minimum, no difference.
Uninstalled Kontakt 5 and reinstalled since I heard it had issues with Mavericks... no difference.
Played other music while hitting playback in Logic - Only Logic audio drops out.
Until a couple days ago I've been working on a 2011 27inch imac with Mountain Lion, everything else exactly the same, no issues at all. Please help. I'm all out of ideas.
System:
Late 2013 27-inch iMac
3.5Ghz quad i7
32 Gb RAM
500BG SSD
OSX 10.9.2

One other thing... I just bounced a WAV file of a session and the dropouts are present in the WAV file too. Very frustrating.

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