A read circuit for providing multi-bit disk data to a disk controller in
correspondence to analog data from a disk head, includes a low frequency
clock generator whose phase is adjustable in response to a detection of
the synchronization marker in the analog disk data. A high frequency
clock is phase-locked to the output of the disk head, and synchronizes
operation of an A/D converter and a bit detector which produces a
verified single-bit based on the A/D output. A serial-to-parallel
converter converts the single bit output from the bit detector to a
parallel output, and the parallel output is latched to multi-bit disk
data for use by the disk controller in accordance with a low frequency
clock. The low frequency clock is generated by a clock generator from the
high frequency clock with a phase that is adjustable in response to the
synchronization mark detector.