opinions on wire config

  If you think the front tweets are going to blow, hook them to the front speaker output of the head unit.

The load depends on your wiring.... if you run the speakers (all four, 4 ohm) in parallel, {++        --} you'll have a 2ohm load. If you put them in series {speaker one + to amp's +, speaker 1 - to speaker 2 +, then speaker 1 - to amp -} you get an 8 ohm load. The tweeters with the resistors likely present barely any load at all, as far as your amp will see it..don't worry to much about that, in real-world applications you can really over-complicate when it comes to these things.... And as I'm sure you've learned, the front staging is key. Never amplify behind you..you don't go to a concert and face away from the stage, do ya? Put the amp on the front speakers and tweeters, or all of the speakers (in series, as described above) and run the sub off the rear two in a 2 0r 4 ohm stereo, or 4 ohm bridged load..and that should get you where you wanna be.

SKratch wrote: {speaker one + to amp's +, speaker 1 - to speaker 2 +, then speaker 2 - to amp -} you get an 8 ohm load.

That's how it should correctly read...sorry, dude.