The audio track on the new Olive Signature blu-ray is the same transfer as the one that was on the old one. This isn't a bad thing, because while the picture was a waxy, unstable, non-OAR mess on the first pressing, the audio was fine.
Differences:
The new track is 24-bit, while the old one was 16. This doesn't mean anything to me, frankly, because it's the least significant factor at play.
High frequencies on the new track have been attenuated very slightly, and the subtle high-frequency crackle that marked the dialogue is now gone. This 'distortion', however, was extremely minor on the old track, and you really need to crank it to an unruly volume to be able to discern any of it. Consequently, some detail has now disappeared. This doesn't have a tremendous effect overall, but all musical moments--the closing score, especially! (this is very audible!)--lose some sparkle in their strings.
The only other real difference is that the music for the opening Republic Pictures logo has now been spliced in from another source. A better one - it's cleaner and a lot more detailed. If you look closely at the new track's spectrals, you can see exactly where the edit has been made. The edit is aurally seamless.
*The two tracks are of slightly different volume, but this was accounted for during my comparisons.
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