Magnetic recording and reproducing system with composite magnetic head.

摘要

A magnetic recording and reproducing system uses a composite magnetic head whose surface (6) facing a magnetic recording medium is composed primarily of a ferromagnetic metal (4) and a high permeability ferrite single crystal (3), and which has a region close to a gap (7) and composed of the ferromagnetic metal (4). The magnetic head is arranged in such a fashion that the {110} plane of the ferrite single crystal (3) substantially coincides with a plane (8) forming a principal magnetic circuit of the magnetic head, that the <100> direction lying inside the {110} plane is inclined at an angle of 15 DEG to 75 DEG with respect to a direction perpendicular to the surface (6) facing the recording medium, and that the recording medium travels in a direction which is relatively the same as, and parallel to, a vector formed by projecting a vector extending from the inside to the outside of the surface (6) facing the recording medium in the <100> direction, on the surface (6) facing the magnetic recording medium. By this arrangement, the step occurring on the surface (6) facing the recording medium due to wear caused by the travel of the recording medium, and any output deterioration and fluctuation resulting from the step can be remarkably reduced.