Questionable audio in listening practice

Question

I was just going through the listening practice liked to below. The first sentence is:

Les soldes d'hiver de cette année se sont révélée.

And the word soldes doesn't sound right to me. Is it just me?

https://french.kwiziq.com/my-languages/french/exercises/overview/408

Accepted Answer

Hi Chris, 
I have listened to the audio and it does say clearly -
"Les soldes d'hiver ..."
if a bit fast, but as it is a B2 exercise, I think it is acceptable.
The word 'soldes' is often reduced to a one-syllable word  and I think that this is the problem here.
Bonne Continuation!

Answer

Thanks, Cécile. I listened to it again, and now I can pick up on it. Funny.

Answer

May be there are some technical 'glitches', as I can clearly hear «sold-e(s)» as 2 syllables so that the 2 'd' sounds are distinctly separated.