Sound Renewal

My question is because of the following review (on amazon). Please read it and tell me if he's right or not:

The sound mix is the "Sound Renewal" mix which producer Kenji Kawaii and director Mamoru Oshii commissioned and oversaw in 1999. Songs that used to play at certain cues in the 2.0 stereo channel edition that I am used to from the Manga version no longer play. Most - if not all - of the music has been re-recorded with newer synths and sound strange and disorienting. There's also this weird hawk sound motif scattered throughout the movie which is just really odd and out of place? Essentially, the "Sound Renewal" mix is the audio equivalant of George Lucas' "Special Editions" Star Wars films. That is to say, Oshii and Kawaii went back and re-did a lot of the audio and soundtrack to "re-envision" the film. The pacing and mood has changed entirely. For someone like myself so accustomed to the original 2.0 mix, the "Renewal" version is so disorienting, it makes the movie unwatachable. And it's noticeable right from the very first scene. I sat and watched the movie for the 1st time waiting for the music to kick in and it never did. It took me about an hour into the movie to ask myself what the hell was going on, hit pause, and do do some research.