Born and raised in West Chester, Pennsylvania, I settled in Asheville, North Carolina with 2016, following a halfway-successful attempt by a friend and I to bicycle from West Chester, to Asheville. Music and electricity have been close to my heart forever. My parents always loved music so it was an integral part of my development. My father worked as an electronic controls technician, professionally, and was an amateur guitarist. The environment of my youth was full of musical and electronics, which enabled these still-developing interests of mine to begin around age 6. I began learning drumming in school at age 8, and began learning kit at 14. It was a real blessing that my mom would always welcome my friends and I to play live music in the basement at our house, growing up. Silent Audio developed organically from these origins. For over two decades I've been collaborating musically and showing leadership in recording, while resolving technical difficulties.

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After arriving here I worked as an electrician and practiced custom jewelry fabrication, while Silent Audio was developing. Earlier on it was called "Repairs by Augustus," until 2019. Around that time, I chose to dedicate myself to the mastery of this field, instead of continuing to be a "jack-of-many-trades". Some of the skills obtained while practicing as an electrician and jeweler uniquely support my work at Silent Audio. I'm a great electrician, and my self-education in electrical and electronics engineering can be found helpful with troubleshooting. Especially relating to electromagnetic interference (EMI). Learning has always been a passion for me, from electricity and engineering, to many other fields and sciences. Over the years I have persevered through countless bewildering repair challenges. Success after relentless determination can provide for some valuable learning.

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Here is a cute story: One evening, a neighborhood-friend's father called my parents on the land-line telephone when I was 11 years old, asking if I could come up the street and attempt to repair his home stereo system. Upon arrival, I recall the atmosphere in the room was that it seemed a bit odd, to everyone except for him, that a parent-chaperoned 11-year-old has come to fix a grown man's stereo system. Nonetheless, I got right to it. We found the issue and I knew what was needed, explaining as I worked... It became an exciting success! We all rejoiced, and listened together for a while.

Thanks for that first call, Jack Armstrong!

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Since then, I've been fortunate to be able to service some of the finest audio electronics and musical instruments in the world.​

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Music brings people together like nothing else, helps us (cats and dogs?) heal, have fun, and live well.

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Let's make it sound good!

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~Augie Newell​