Usb audio device support in Mavericks

It seems everywhere I look USB audio devices do not work (or do not work well at all) with Mavericks. With yet another OS X update coming I'm nervous that developers will be even further behind Apple's USB audio chaos. Does anyone know what may be on the horizon? I'll have to downgrade if this there's no remedy. I'm amazed there's so little support in Mavericks for USB audio - especially since all new Macs have no distinct mic input.

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