Justin,
Most amps can run in stereo or mono, typically in stereo they can push a 2 ohm load in mono they can push a 4 ohm load. The amps instructions usually show which terminals to use for a mono connection. If you run them with a traditional hookup you will be running a 8 ohm load on a 2 ohm source so you will be able to get about 25% of the power out of your amp (Grant helped me realize this). If you use the parallel/mono hookup you will get 100% of your amps expected output.
Read the article attached to this link:
http://www.termpro.com/articles/spkrz.html (Message edited by mikeski on July 22, 2004)