My Rockport Avior ii speakers can go to 25 hz. I play all types of music and even on the lowest electronic music the drivers don’t move much. I have seen smaller woofers move like you say and it’s not desirable.
There is no substitute for cubic inch or in this case surface area
After listening to quite a few speakers, my conclusion is that if you want large enveloping soundstage, you need a lot of drivers.
I once had a speaker with two 12in. drivers and the soundstage is just floating in the air. None of my other speakers could do that.
Currently I have a pair of Thiel CS2.4. It is a very good speaker but with small drivers there is really limitation to what it can do in term of soundstage size. I really miss that.