There is provided an information recording/reproduction apparatus, a head levitation height control method, and a head levitation control circuit capable of adequately controlling a head levitation height.An information recording/reproduction apparatus having a head 41 that performs recording or reproduction of information on/from a recording medium, comprises: a drive section 43a that changes the levitation height of the head 41 relative to the recording medium based on a first drive method; a drive section 43b that changes the levitation height of the head 41 relative to the recording medium based on a second drive method different from the first drive method; a levitation height measurement section that measures the levitation height of the head 41; and a controller that controls the drive sections 43a and 43b based on the head levitation height measured by the levitation height measurement section.

 
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