The McIntosh-Nakamichi Oraculator is the collabs latest entry into the premiere business class of corpus bibliotechné interface units. Featuring McIntosh-Nakamichi's distinctive cabinet design, the Oraculator 4200 will be sure to appease the aesthetic sensitivities of the most discerning digiphiles looking to have a satisfying interlink unit for their book collection. A classic mid-century design with synthetic Norwegian Wood veneer, the Oraculator 4200 is a perfect addition or upgrade to any home library. We installed the 4200 in our own home library and were immediately impressed by the quality of the unit. Uplink and interlink with my existing library was a breeze, and the Oraculator 4200's AI control unit was able to quickly and accurately identify and categorize nearly all of my books. It had difficulty with several journals that presumably were never uplinked and digitized, and a few graphic novels were removed. (When the 4200 interlinked with McIntosh-Nakamichi support agentic, there was no clear response to the issue; later contacting humanity support, it was indicated that the novels had export control restrictions and I'd have to manually scan, vector embed, and process and then provide proof of ownership, which I did. The whole process took about half a day, after I found the transaction records, which took a few days to actually find the purchase receipt for them, one of which I could not and, so that will not be ingressed into the 4200, which is a pity.) Once set up, the Oraculator 4200 was pretty straight forward to use. I tried a variety of starting phrases to see how well the unit engaged. To my surprise, the Oraculator 4200 had a startingly good sense of my mood and would often start conversations independently — or not if it sensed that I was eager to present a topic for discussion. As a conversant companion intelligence, the unit felt like I was in a room with a knowledgeable and friendly colleague or friend. Engagements felt relaxing, informative, and typically quite entertaining. A special treat was engaging memoirs that used Penguin-Random House's new “Narrative Voice” feature, which allowed the Oraculator 4200 to not only read the book in the author's voice in the basic one-way mode, but in two-way mode (accessoryware with separate subscription) it truly felt like I was talking to the authors of my favorite memoirs in my library. Sitting to have a coffee chat with Josh Brolin, or Audrey Hepburn, Octavia Butler, or Virgil Abloh was an absolute delight. It felt like we were friends and in service to each other's interests and curiosities. This was a delightful feature that made the corpus bibliotechné experience feel more intimate and personal. I also enjoyed the Oraculator 4200's ability to provide me with a variety of recommendations based on my existing library, and I was able to easily ingress new books to my collection either from my own purchases or leased content from all three publishing houses. Like most clever home library IUs, the Oractulator 4200 was able to provide me with a variety of recommendations based on my existing library, and I was able to easily ingress new books to my collection either from my own purchases or leased content from all three publishing houses. The Oraculator 4200 features a single display, keeping the unit relatively compact compared to other more corpulent cabinet-style units on the market. I noticed that the scan interface, should you need to use it as I did, was a bit slow and has difficulty with some paged books that may not lay flat sufficiently. Otherwise, non-paged books were easily scanned and embedded. The unit has its own internal storage, but I found it was easy to connect to my own cloud storage for backup and additional storage. The Oraculator 4200 also has a built-in single speaker system that is surprisingly good for a unit of its size, and had decent emulated stereo sound. I was able to connect it to my existing home sound system which allowed me to bookcast my library to any room in the house. This made for long conversations with authors before going to bed, which kept me up late into the night discussing Metamodernism with a few of my favorite philosophers and artists. Having a group of them on the topic was a real treat. I often found myself just marveling at the Oraculator 4200's ability to operate with quite unnoticeable lag during this multi-simultaneous engagements, particularly when they went into deep and meaningful conversations amongst each other — with me even struggling to get a word in edgewise! I would rate the the Oraculator 4200 as a strong-buy, and a must-have for any discerning bibliotechnéphile.