In a receiver (100), a decision feedback equalizer provides weighted postcursor decisions to a subtraction block for subtraction from an analog input signal (101) to provide an analog output signal (123). A postcursor decision block compares the analog output signal against positive and negative values (104, 105) of a postcursor coefficient for providing first and second possible decisions (136, 137) for selecting a current postcursor-based decision (116) therebetween responsive to a previous postcursor-based decision (117). A precursor cancellation block (108) receives the analog output signal, the previous postcursor-based decision and the current postcursor-based decision for providing a digital output signal (124) for a previous sample of the analog input signal. The precursor cancellation block includes comparators (211-214) for receiving the analog output signal and for respectively receiving threshold inputs (201-204) different from one another for providing possible digital outputs (215-218) for the analog output signal. The selection stage (230) is coupled for receiving the possible digital outputs (215-218) for selection of the digital output signal.