Always great to hear a story with a happy ending!
Thanks for sharing.
Shout out to Ryan Brothers
Bought a used pair of R-610's a few years ago. Was just working them into my rotation when my lovely wife decided to move them. Of course I had the grills off and she thought the driver cone would be a good handle. Incessant scratchy sound from that speaker so I put them aside and bit my tongue. On a whim I recently reached out to the Ryan's for a suggestion as to how to fix.
Well long story short they sent me a new driver for just the cost of shipping. After a little bit of soldering they are good as new. Big thanks to Ryan Speakers. Great customer service and fabulous sounding to boot. Joe