Recording and/or reproducing information

摘要

A rotary head apparatus, for recording and/or reproducing an information track to/from a magnetic tape having predetermined orientation characteristics, has a first magnetic head (H1) having a first azimuth angle, a second magnetic head (H2) which has a second azimuth angle whose performance is relatively inferior to that of the first magnetic head and forms or reproduces an information track of a width larger than that of the first magnetic head, and means (40) for rotating the first and second magnetic heads. An angle of the second azimuth angle for the orientation direction of the tape is larger than that of the first azimuth angle.