[aktiondan]

The safest way to wire it would be to run the coils in series for a single 8 ohm load and run it off one channel of your stereo receiver. Turning the balance to one side isn't really necessary, but would be fine if you wanted to. However, if you want more umph from that sub/receiver combo, you could wire one coil to each output from your receiver. However, this comes at a price, most receivers are not rated to deliver continuous power into a 4 ohm load and you could blow your receiver. Some amps spec 6 ohms, but most are 8 ohms and even fewer are 4, especially old ones like yours. Newer amps can run 4 ohms without any issues. I looked up your amp and couldn't find any specs on it other than it's got 65W per channel, without any mention of loads. However, I have got away with doing it both ways, coils in series to one channel, and one coil to each channel (not at the same time!) and it depends a lot on you and how bass heavy you play movies and music. If the amp has protective circuitry, the best thing that can happen is that cuts in and out over and over and is annoying. The worst thing that can happen is you fry the amp, and you're left with nothing.

I'm not sure of your (+) and (-) description, but from what it sounded like you said, the two (+)'s should not be connected together, ever. Same goes for the negatives (in most cases). One channel to each coil wired independently, or one channel to both coils in series. Hope that helps you out some!