Any experience with the Nuforce Ref 8 mono amps?

Plato: I really appreciate your response (yours too Tvad -- nicely veiled)). Let us/me (maybe via email) know when you are through and what your conclusions are. Also, let us/me know when your review comes out.

Sounds interesting. Again, with the 30 day trial (and the low cost) seems like a minimal risk.

I'm thinking of ordering a pair of the 8b mono blocks but wonder if 100 watts per side would be enough for electrostats in a good size room?

Did they sound "louder" than the 100 watt rating would suggest?

There are 350 watt monos coming from Nuforce, but from all reports the 100w version seems to have far more juice to power speakers than standard 100w solid state amps.

They give 100 watt RMS continuous power across all peaks and valleys.

I communicated with a guy who is using these to drive a pair of Quad ESL's. Apparently they can drive very demanding speakers (a property of digital amps).

They will play louder than a conventional 100 Wpc amp without the usual compression and distortion. This is because they are capable of delivering very high momentary peak power at very low distortion. In other words, they have considerably more headroom than a conventional 100Wpc amp could manage.