Speaker (Dead Money)

The Dead Money speaker is a world object in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Dead Money.

In Dead Money, speakers (like radios) take on a new and threatening role: by interfering with the signal to the Dead Money collar, they can cause the collar to detonate, killing the Courier.

The Courier has approximately 10 seconds from when the collar starts beeping to find and disable the speaker or back away out of range. Speakers have a range of 12 yards, whereas radios reach only 8 yards.

Overview
During construction of the Sierra Madre casino and the Villa, numerous speakers were installed to broadcast ambient music and act as a emergency communication system for the Sierra Madre security staff. Some of the tourists took to vandalizing them which led to Frederick Sinclair having the speakers shielded to prevent further vandalism attempts. By 2281, the speakers continue to play music because of an excited security guard at the Villa police station who turned them all on in anticipation of the Gala Event; according to Father Elijah, over the 200 years of being on and broadcasting, the signal to the speakers and radios has decayed so drastically that the frequency changed to garbled static.

Disabling and avoiding speakers

 * Listen for the decayed audio signal (can be heard outside of bomb collar range) in order to memorize where to avoid when traveling in parts of the Sierra Madre.
 * Speakers showing a red light are shielded and cannot be damaged with weapons. They must be avoided or switched off from terminals.
 * Speakers showing a blue light can be damaged from a distance with ranged weapons.
 * Difficult-to-find speakers can often be disabled with grenades and other explosives, as they are extremely sensitive to damage, as long as they are not the shielded red-light type of speakers.
 * Some speakers can simply be bypassed by moving quickly past them.
 * Having Christine Royce as a companion will extend the time the Courier can remain near a speaker without detonating the Dead Money collar.

Locations

 * Throughout the Sierra Madre.