Strong bass causing buzzing behind the wall


I've got a spot in my new listening room (in the basement) where there is a drywall wrap around some hvac ducting along one of the side walls at the ceiling. The drywall is installed over thin aluminum framing. When I play music with strong bass (e.g. Jennifer Warnes "Way Down Deep"), I can hear buzzing in the wall. I set up REW to generate a sine wave around 50Hz and I can easily cause the buzzing. 

The good news is that pushing on the drywall in a particular place will cause the buzzing to stop. So I'm trying to figure out the best way to fix this. I was thinking of drilling a small hole and spraying some expanding foam insulation. Something like this: 

https://www.homedepot.com/p/GREAT-STUFF-16-oz-Big-Gap-Filler-Insulating-Foam-Sealant-Quick-Stop-Straw-99053938/207050533

But I'm not confident that this will stop whatever is vibrating, and once this stuff is in, it might be harder to deal with the issue another way. 

Any ideas? Thanks.
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Thanks for the quick responses.

The other side of the wall from my listening room is the utility room with the furnace. However, there is a built in book case and a fireplace chimney between the two. From the utility room, I can see what the ducting and drywall wrap look like where it is above/in-front-of the bookcase. However, the part that is buzzing is above the fire place and on the other side of the chimney from the utility room so I can't get to it. 

It looks like the aluminum framing is about 1" high and the ducting sits right above this. I think the ducting is vibrating against the framing, so pushing against the drywall causes the framing to push against the ducting and stops it from vibrating. 

The aluminum framing is pretty flimsy so I am a little concerned that pumping too much of the foam through a small hole might cause the drywall to bulge. But I think this is still probably the easiest fix without pulling everything down (an expensive and messy fix).