I love your work
“I love your work – you must have some awesome plugins”.
“I love your work – what mic do you use?”
“I love your work – would you share your eq settings?”
If I praised my wife’s cooking in the same way…
“I love this meal – you must have some awesome saucepans”.
…I’d deserve a hard panning left and right from one of them.
It’s you who’s special, not your kit.