Other than being perhaps a little "tinny" on the audio, I think the ICOM R-75 does a fine job decoding music in SSB-- sounds almost like AM to me, as long as you can tune the correct frequency. You certainly don't get the "scrambled" sound of the older receivers. The only thing is the frequency range sounds a little like the old AM transistor radios, but that is improved some by using a larger external speaker. If I wasn't looking at the radio, it would be hard for me to tell the difference in most cases, and that's saying something.
My DX-394, which I'm stuck using at present, is just about unusable for SSB stations. I forgot how bad it was after having the R-75 for a few years...