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Recommend a power amp

Don't know what the hate for running bridged is. I run bridged all the time without issue into a variety of cabinets. (Here is one to blow your mind if you don't like bridged outputs - the mesa 800 Watt class d amps are two amps, internally bridged.)

I would run a crown xls-1002 into the pair of cabs bridged with minor reservations - just be mindful of one's volume. I'd set the hpf above the cabs natural cutoff. I've used the subway di+ with the xls-1502 bridged into a pair of barefaced bb3 cabs - ended up going to a subway tt-800
Same here! I used my XLS 1502 bridged many times with different cabs without any issue.
 
Depends on your price range. I just snagged a used Behringer ep1500 for $99 plus shipping. Company claims it’ll do around 1400 watts in bridged mono. You can find the 2000 for under 400 new.
***NOTE*** Be very careful about comparing amps and cab wattage ratings, that you are comparing the same things. Behringer uses Peak Power ratings. You need to compare RMS ratings to RMS ratings or Peak power to Peak power ratings. Do not compare Peak Power ratings to RMS ratings. A cab or an amp with an rms power rating of 350-watts will have a peak power rating of 700-watts. 700-watt rms power handling is the same as a 1400-watt Peak Power rating.

An amp will also specify at how many ohms that power rating is delivered into. Most amps now specify their power into a 4Ω minimum. If you only plug a single 8Ω cabinet into such an amp, you'll get anywhere from half to about 60% of the power that it will put into a 4Ω load.