Best of the Best

As a child, I loved singing in the shower. In a house with six people and assorted pets, privacy was a rare and glorious thing, and the shower was the one place I could be alone and sing my heart out…at least until the hot water ran out.

As a result, long before American Idol made bad a capella singing prime time family entertainment, my parents got to experience my waterlogged but enthusiastic renditions of Air Supply, Bon Jovi and Heart, punctuated only by the occasional yelp when someone flushed the toilet in the upstairs bathroom.

Little did any of us know I was ahead of the times. Indeed, today's hottest shower systems not only facilitate singing in the shower - incorporating speakers that hook up to iPods, mp3 players or computers to provide full surround sound on par with a concert auditorium - but they also offer everything from hydrotherapy and skin care benefits to tanning properties.

New technology has also taken the "yelp" out of showering, with programmable pre-sets and thermostatic valve technology that keeps the temperature constant, even if someone flushes upstairs.

Showers are also getting personal, with multi-jet shower systems and showerheads that can be customized by water droplet size, flow intensity, temperature and more.

Here's a look at some of the hottest showers on the market today.