I have the Pioneer 45A DVD player as well. The 45A has bass management for both DVD-A and SACD. I currently set my Subwoofer to on and all of my speakers to small.
Additionally, I've found that the subwoofer level is quite a bit lower than that coming from my receiver LFE. To compensate, I've set the 45A speaker levels to -6db and the subwoofer level to +6db. I've also increased the input level at the subwoofer and decreased the LFE output at my receiver. This arrange works equally well whether I'm playing SACD discs or DVD-A discs.
There is another thread laying around AVS Forum from a couple of months ago that discusses 47A and 45A owner bass management experiences.
As to the channel delay for SACD, I'm not aware of any current SACD player that offers this.
Steve
Additionally, I've found that the subwoofer level is quite a bit lower than that coming from my receiver LFE. To compensate, I've set the 45A speaker levels to -6db and the subwoofer level to +6db. I've also increased the input level at the subwoofer and decreased the LFE output at my receiver. This arrange works equally well whether I'm playing SACD discs or DVD-A discs.
There is another thread laying around AVS Forum from a couple of months ago that discusses 47A and 45A owner bass management experiences.
As to the channel delay for SACD, I'm not aware of any current SACD player that offers this.
Steve