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