Nope. My bad. I thought its filter was based on the Curtis circuit, but instead it's the "Steiner-Parker" like you said. It's also a very famous circuit, but think it was redesigned for this specific model and is a full multi-mode analogue self-oscillating filter - which is a rare thing, specially on this price range. I never tested it in loco, like you did, so I really can't say much, but did like the sound of the demos and videos. And that "metalizer" function introduces some very sharp harshness to the sound, sort like FM sound, but with a different touch.
But it's more then natural. Some people like the sound of a given filter, and that's a big part of the character of a given synthesizer.
As for the Novation, it has the original circuit I think
One of the features that made the Bass Station, as Novation co-founder Ian Jannaway puts it, “an all-time classic of the synth world” was its filter, designed by Chris Huggett (who has been associated with Novation ever since) and based on the unique filter he had designed for the famous OSCar synthesiser a few years before.
And the new one, of course. Also multi-mode. Seems nice, but will have to wait for some sound demos and proper show off videos.
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