There is provided a tape recording system and head device. A tape
recording system and head device include a plurality of recording
sections for recording data signals on a recording medium wherein one
recording section of the plurality of recording sections and another
recording section arranged so as to adjoin the one recording section are
disposed such that the one recording section and the another recording
section are shifted from each other in a running direction and a width
direction of the recording medium, and wherein the one recording section
and another recording section simultaneously record a data signal on
adjacent recording tracks on the recording medium.