An apparatus for driving a write head in response to a data signal includes: (a) a first drive unit coupled with the write head; (b) a second drive unit coupled with the write head; and (c) a control unit coupled with the first and second drive units. The control unit receives the data signal and generates control signals to the first drive and second drive units in response to the data signal. The control signals control the first drive unit to apply a first drive signal to a first write head side in a first signal polarity and control the second drive unit to apply a second drive signal to the a second write head side in a second signal polarity opposite to the first signal polarity when the data signal effects a signal excursion. The first drive signal and the second drive signal are equal in magnitude time coincident.