Magnetic recording head with reader and writer offset in a cross-track direction

A recording head comprising:

• a bottom surface adapted to be oriented to face a magnetic recording medium surface during use, the bottom surface having:
• a down-track dimension between a leading end and a trailing end, and
• a cross-track dimension perpendicular to the down-track dimension,
• a write transducer located at a location of the down-track dimension and the cross-track dimension,
• a read transducer located at a location of the cross-track direction that is spaced a distance of at least 10 microns from the location of the write transducer in the cross-track dimension, and
• ceramic that surrounds the read transducer and the write transducer, and a spacer layer located between the read transducer and the write transducer, the spacer layer comprising spacer material that exhibits one or more of:
• a lower stiffness compared to the ceramic, a lower coefficient of thermal expansion compared to the ceramic, and a lower thermal conductivity compared to the ceramic.