Bathroom Fixtures:  Shower Power

• Kohler

• 21 gallons per minute (at 45 psi)
• Six outlets available for use
• 3/4" hot/cold supply lines
• Controller in three colors: bronze, nickel, chrome

• Six-port valve: $1,157 Digital interface: $1,088
• Pricing as of 2008.

• K-682-K, DTV Six-port thermostatic valve K-683-1CP, Digital interface

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Kohler hopes so with the introduction of its new DRV six-port thermostatic valve and digital interface.

With six preset "hydrotherapy experiences," the valve has a flow rate of 21 gallons per minute to up to eight showerheads, hand showers or body sprays.

List price for the six-port thermostatic valve starts at $1,157. But you can't operate the valve without a "digital interface." That controller, resembling a digital furnace thermostat, starts at $1,088. It's available in a portrait or landscape configuration in three finishes: satin chrome, bronze or nickel.

Expect to spend upwards of $3,000 with some showerheads. And you can go on from there to add sound, aroma and light therapy and more.