I've been having trouble with an EMI Budget Box of Mozart
piano concertos (CDZJ 72930). The discs have occasional loud
snaps and pops. A replacement set has the same problems. My
CD player is based on a DVD transport.

I hear that EMI is agressively protecting their discs and that
that symptoms on incompatible players are similar. There are
no Compact Disc logos on the packaging nor the discs. However,
there is no mention of copy protection, either. Has anyone
here had similar problems? Can anyone confirm whether this
series is indeed copy protected?

I'm trying to figure out whether the problem is a run of poor
pressings or a copy-protection scheme gone wild.

Mike Prager
North Carolina, USA