.....going out the door....Mark, I agree wholeheartedly if the amp will not accept a 2 ohm load without it smoking soon....but even then, it's all a matter of the amp heating up....your amp won't explode when you turn it on with multiple speakers wired to it even if it was 500 speakers paralleled....but for how long the amp would produce sound through 500 parallels before a space heater being established in your theater, you don't know....I would try regular wiring to the first speaker....so at the terminals of the first speaker, a 4 ohm load is ready to be joined up with a second speaker....now if the second speaker is 4 ohms, and you parallel on from the first, the ohm load to be presented to the amp section will be a 2 ohm load of resistance and hello bass, haha....yeah, that amp section has to get out of the hammock and earn it's keep....if the amp does not advise a 2 ohm load to the amp section, and you'd be surprised what you can get away with, go from the terminals of the first speaker to opposite terminals of the second speaker....then, your overall average of ohm load being presented to the amp section would be 6....4 plus 8 divided by two speakers....which beats 8 for bass....someone who prefers stereo or 7 channel stereo, parallel your rears off your mids and see if more bass comes through....don't worry, you ain't gonna' ruin anything....come up slow and feel your receiver all along for excess heat.....you notice on the specs for the 7 channel receivers it doesn't say RMS at what load for the 7 times 100....or yours may say 200 or 300, I don't know....I believe your mids and rears are wired for a 16 ohm load....more on the RMS thing concerning the 7 times 100 later....gotta' bolt....for real this time....whew....don't like to be rushed.....ain't got time to proofread....Rec, you may have to contact the manufacturer of your amp to ask if it is rated for 2 ohm acceptance.....
