Good point. I did not give a $ amount that I wanted to spend. I only told him that I wanted a "decent" system, not a "top end" one. This was his initial recommendation. I would like to spend less and before I discuss his recommendation I wanted to hear from others regarding whether the hardware recommendations are ok or excessive.
I tried to check prices of equipment on the web and they seem to be in the ball park. Of course, the proposal contains a charge for engineering, wiring and programming which adds another $4-5k to the total cost. Total cost of recommendation $25K for equipment, wiring, and programming.
What do you think?