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It actually means that the 3DS supports 5.1 channels of sound which means a center speaker, two front speaker, two rear speakers and a subwoofer for those that are not sure what a sound channel is. 

Not sure why it would need it be to be perfectly honest unless the console ships with '3D headphones' or something.

 

edit: beaten :P