An optical disc playback apparatus that performs appropriate waveform equalization according to a difference in characteristics of reproduced signals between land parts and groove parts in an optical disc to which high-density recording is performed using a land/groove recording method. The optical disc playback apparatus includes a reproduction device, an A/D conversion circuit for sampling a reproduced signal to be converted into a multi-bit digital signal, a filter for subjecting the multi-bit digital signal to digital equalization, a filter coefficient learning device for adaptively controlling filter coefficients for the filter corresponding to the land part and the groove part to minimize an equalization error, and a switch signal generation device for generating a signal for switching between land and groove, thereby changing the filter coefficient adaptively to the land or the groove.