Vibrations in a magnetic head assembly equipped with a magnetic head, caused by the effects of the flow of air arising from the high-speed rotation of a magnetic disk, can be suppressed by affixing a damping material to the magnetic head assembly. As a result, accurate positioning is possible with high reliability, the frequency of occurrence of errors during data recording and playback can be suppressed, high data transfer rates can be maintained, and high recording densities for a magnetic disk device can be realized.