Magnetic head device and magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

摘要

A magnetic head device performs a recording operation and a reproducing operation in a linear magnetic tape recording system having a plurality of tracks that are formed parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction of a tape. The magnetic head device includes a recording head block including a plurality of recording heads that are disposed in correspondence with respective tracks in a first area including the tracks that are adjacent to each other. The magnetic head device performs the recording operation on the tracks that are adjacent to each other at the same time with the recording head block.