Marantz A/V8805 & Airplay restricting music quality

The problem is the Marantz is not a Roon Ready endpoint, so it doesn’t matter that it is hardwired, the Roon server is never going to see if as an Audio Zone. Turning off Airplay won’t change that. You need some way of putting a Roon Ready endpoint connected to the 8805. There is a whole thread on this topic here How to use Roon with AV8805