I'll give it a shot again but last Friday whilst lining up for the 4S, I think the Go-Dap charged my 4 only up to 48% and I really wasn't listening to music much. The charging takes about 5 hrs or thereabouts. As for use, not certain since it charges the phone whilst playing. I'll give it a test tomorrow.
Semi-Review Time
One gripe...why can't it charge the unit, the iPhone, & use it simultaneously!? When you have the USB plugged in it charges the Go-DAP in Amp and Amp-i mode. But enables Sync to iTunes in Sync/Off mode (charges the iPhone, but not the Go-DAP). To use the DAC/Amp, you'll need to disconnect the USB cable. Off/Sync with the USB disconnected just means off - no charging or anything. Amp mode means using the DAC/Amp and the battery is dedicated to the DAC/Amp function (no iPhone charging). And finally Amp-i mode means using DAC/Amp and the battery is used for both DAC/Amp and for iPhone charging.
Once the battery is drained, the DAC/Amp stops to function (i.e. cannot use the iPhone as a power source - just like other DAC/Amps).
Note: with the latest iPhone 4s (or iOS5 feature?) if wireless sync is enabled, you can sync to iTunes in both Sync/Off mode with the USB cable plugged in. Or with the USB cable disconnected and the Go-DAP in Amp-i mode.
Also (not that it's such a big deal) but the unit will always operate as a DAC/Amp. I don't believe there's a toggle to use it as an Amp only (and take line-out from the base). Initially I thought that was the difference between Amp & Amp-I; that Amp was using the iPhone DAC, and Amp-I was using the Go-DAP as a DAC/Amp. But it seems Amp just means you're not charging your iPhone and the battery is used exclusively for the DAC/Amp. Whereas in Amp-I, the battery is used for both DAC/Amp and for charging the iPhone.
Edit #1: I just played around with the ASR function and (as sad as it sounds for an audiophile-wannabe), I like it...seems to bring the mids more forward. To try to be smart (but could be using the wrong terminology altogether) it seems to "remove the veil" in the mids. It's meant to (in it's own words) "take a compressed audio source and reproduce it in high quality Hi-Fi sound that is close to the audio source". But in my primitive opinion it's some sort of preset equaliser setting 'cos it alters even my ALAC (though compressed shouldn't have any loss, right?).
BTW, came across this advertising site which gives more info on the Go-DAP in English, I don't recall seeing this site before.
http://go-dap.com
Edit #2: Go-DAP in Amp mode (i.e not charging the iPhone) lasts 7 hrs 40 mins of continuous use.
Further Go-DAP info can be found below note information may be in Japanese :-
Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/DAPVentureCraft
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/VentureCraft/225114777548206?sk=wall
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/DAPVentureCraft
Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64611829@N03/sets/
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☆Earphone TV at USTREAM on Oct 27 2011
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18139580