Well, my apologies to Directv tech support. I've just finished examining the offending channels and they seem to have them corrected. There is now a video delay, as there should be. I can find no audio delay this afternoon on any channel. There is a differential in the delay from the HD and SD channels. Though still irritating, that is more understandable. I guess I'll just plop the Yamaha's lip synch delay somewhere in the middle.
All and all, that audio delay was pretty weird.