Bass Management

[brick head]

Hello,
This is my first post here. I'm in the process of making a decision to buy my first blu-ray player. I've considered the Panny BD55, Sony S550, Sammy 2500 and the Pioneer 51FD. I'll be using the analog outs for 7.1 into an HK 7200. The 7200 has an excellent bass management section. I have eliminated the Pioneer after being told I am forced to use a high bass xover of 100. I was also told that the Sony is probably the best bet in that case. My question: Do I have to use the bass management section of the player and not my processor? Being new to BR players, that was a bit of a surprise since none of my previous DVD players required that. It also makes spending a lot of money on a new processor seem wasteful. Speaking of a new processor: that would have HDMI obviously. If that were the case, would I still be locked into the blu-ray player's bass management?