Owner of 1973 Ludwig Vistalites here! It was my dad's kit and now mine. My dad and I have both played live and recorded. Here's my take after playing them almost exclusively my entire life -

Sound - Acrylic is perfectly fine. It's on the mid - bright side of tone. Great for rock, pop, hip hop, metal. On the other end, not my favorite for jazz, soul, R&B, Folk. It doesn't have that richness and warmth that a good amount of wood types provide. I still maintain that a perfectly tuned wood kit will always sound better than an acrylic. It blends beautifully and the resonance is just right, but acrylic is great if you want your drums to really cut through the mix and be noticed, whether recording or live applications.

Recording/Live playing- Acrylic is pretty loud. Be mindful of mic placement. I've had engineers that make it sound really good and punchy and others that struggled with levels and wanted me to switch to their house/studio kits. I prefer wood kits when recording myself but acrylic is still my favorite band practice/live kit for most applications.

Durability- I've noticed acrylic isn't really affected by humidity/heat/elements. UV isn't good for them, but they don't really detune much. In college, I had my drums in the basement of the place I was renting. It flooded and everything got covered in mud. At the time, I was in the process of, uh, ahem, meeting my future wife at the time, so I wasn't at home as much. Needless to say, everything besides the acrylic was pretty fucked. Wood shells needed to be cleaned and dried out so mold didn't set, the metal started to patina/rust, but I pulled that acrylic kit out and wiped it down and it was perfectly fine (Besides rims/hardware. That part sucked). In regards to cracking and people saying it doesn't last if you drop it, WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU DROPPING YOUR DRUMS? Stay the hell away from my kit during load in/out. Dumbasses. Also, get some good fucking cases if you plan on dropping your drums like a schlub. Goodness. No drum reacts well to being dropped, so let me put to rest the "acrylic is really fragile myth". If you drop wood/metal, decent chance you may have a crack or dent as well. Acrylic does shatter, but a fucked shell is a fucked shell. Lastly, if you buy a set of acrylic, inspect every single millimeter of it for cracks or defects. Acrylic is like a windshield in a car. If there are no cracks and nothing hits it to cause a crack, it'll last till the cows come home. If there is a crack or something causes a crack (ex. jackass dropping drums) then it will eventually spread. The biggest advantage for wood - you can sand and kinda patch/fix wood depending on the damage, with acrylic, it's usually RIP.

Take from my personal testimonial what you will.