This thread made me paranoid so I went looking for that setting. Never encountered this issue, and that setting was off.
Interesting, I jump around the timeline all the time (marker jumps, etc.) and certainly never felt a need to shut the audio engine down. I also work primarily with audio (not sure if this contributes or not).
Does that setting affect audio FX and MIDI? I am wondering of a situation where on is a "must."
Other weird thing as I was digging for that setting (track view options) it seems the menus are bigger/more complex than I remember.