A method for adapting filter cut-off frequencies for the transmission of discrete multitone symbols, where a transmit symbol datastream consisting of discrete multitone symbols is applied to an interpolation device, the transmit symbol datastream is interpolated with a symbol rate in the interpolation device, an interpolated symbol datastream is filtered in a first low-pass filtering device in accordance with a first filter cut-off frequency, which can be predetermined by a first filter cut-off frequency determining device, a digital symbol datastream obtained after a digital-analog conversion, transmission and analog-digital conversion, is filtered at the receiver end in a second low-pass filtering device in accordance with a second filter cut-off frequency, which can be predetermined by a second filter cut-off frequency determining device, in order to provide an equalized symbol datastream, the equalized symbol datastream is decimated in a decimation device and the decimated received symbol datastream consisting of discrete multitone symbols is provided to a multitone receiver device.