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Wiring my subs to my amp

I have a phoenix gold 5.0;4 amp ans two mtx 12 inch 4500 sub woofers in a sub zero double ported box whats the best way to hook this up? front or rear channel? should i bridge the amp? hook the speakers up in series or parelell? please help? thank you john

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Bridge it and rear channel if you need to know how to bridge let me know

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