The scraping sound you described when you touched the driver as well as the all the distorted sounds when the subs hits low, I am 100% sure that driver is done and is the cause of your most recent problem. A new driver will fix it right up.

They will probably try to send you out a replacement driver ASAP. If they want the bad driver back I am sure they will send you another box along with the new driver. But I doubt they would want the defective driver back anyways.

I’m armed and I’m drinking. You don’t want to listen to advice from me, amigo.

-Max Payne