Mapletree Audio Design

The vendor's own contact page names Al Freundorfer as the person currently operating the business, having taken it over from founder Lloyd Peppard. A Corporations Canada federal registry search for the name returned only the blank search form rather than a processable result, consistent with a one-person business that may not be federally incorporated, so this stays reported rather than verified.

• Welcome to Mapletree Audio Design vendor_statement “Al is currently operating the business and should be contacted for information about any Mapletree product.”
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The vendor states its preamplifiers, power amplifiers, and headphone amplifiers are designed and hand crafted by Freundorfer, previously by Peppard, at the Kingston, Ontario address it gives for contact and orders, with no other production site mentioned anywhere on the site.

• Welcome to Mapletree Audio Design vendor_statement “Mapletree Audio Design has for over 20 years offered a unique range of audio products designed and hand crafted by Dr. Lloyd Peppard (founder) and more recently by Dr. Al Freundorfer, both are electrical engineering professors emeritus.”

The business has a single operator, Al Freundorfer, working from 100 Cliff Cres., Kingston, Ontario, the only address the vendor gives for orders and contact. A Headphone Guru review independently places him as an electrical engineering professor at Queen's University in Kingston, corroborating the location.

• Welcome to Mapletree Audio Design vendor_statement “Mapletree Audio Design (Al Freundorfer) 100 Cliff Cres. Kingston, ON, CANADA K7M 1A8”
• The Mapletree Audio: SugarMaple OD300 Headphone Amplifier – One Smooth Player press “These amplifiers are designed by Dr. Al Freundorfer (also an electrical engineering professor, Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario).”

The site does not say where its vacuum tubes, transformers, or wood chassis stock come from. Vacuum tube audio gear generally depends on tubes made outside North America (Russia, China, Slovakia and similar sources), so the mix assumes tubes and most electronic parts are imported, with a smaller domestically sourced share for the standard maple and oak chassis stock; this split is an estimate, not a published figure.

• Welcome to Mapletree Audio Design vendor_statement “In addition to the standard maple and oak, exotic hardwood end panels are available at extra cost. Shown below (L to R) are Ebiara (Red Zebrawood), Yellowheart, Walnut, African Sapele, and Roasted Ash.”