Altec Lansing 221 speaker issue

[Vandole]

well... its not really too much of an issue as it is a gripe.
for some reason i cant turn down/off the subwoofer.. so i have to swap to my headphones at night so i dont disturb the rest of the family.. anyone have any idea how to turn the sub off for these speakers? it wont turn down/off in my pc settings.. so i have no clue what to do, there is no volume control on it either.

[Avanarius]

apparently this model has the bass dependent on the volume of the speakers, you may be out of luck =( ghey.

If you have not noticed already, the Altec Lansing 221s are missing out on a few worthy features which any good speaker system usually has; I will briefly lay out the initial cons here:

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There is no way to separate the left and right satellites without severing the pre-built wire connection and risking potential damage
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There is a lack of pre-drilled holes for wall mounting
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The subwoofer is not magnetically shielded
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There is NO BASS CONTROL!
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There is NO TREBLE CONTROL!

In most cases people complain about having bass and and treble control on the subwoofer, forcing them to bend below their desk when any "tweaking" is necessary. But in this case, bass and treble are not an option at all. No doubt this can usually be remedied from the software side in Windows, so it may not be as big of an issue to some as it may be to others, but keep in mind the people using these speakers with their Playstation 2 or who are just to damn lazy to open up sound properties every time they feel a need to change the bass and treble.