Audio out volume when Macbook is music server

I have moved my Late-2007 Macbook running 10.7.5 to be a music server.
This computer has a single analog/digital audio out/headphone jack.
I have a a 3.5 mm audio jack that splits into left-right RCA jacks which are plugged into my Yamaha stereo receiver. I guess since this is also a headphone port, the level of the output depends on the volume setting on the Mac.
When I turned it all the way down, I had to turn the Yamaha almost full blast to hear it.
At medium Mac volume it seemed to sound quite good through the Yamaha, which only needed a volume similar to, say, the CD player would take.
Is there any downside -- distortion or damage to the stereo receiver or bookshelf speakers -- to turning up the volume on the Mac? How far should I turn it up and/or how much of the volume should be made by the Yamaha?
If I get an external DAC to run between the Macbook and receiver and use a digital optical cable plugged into the Macbook's audio out, will it revert to digital line out with no volume control by the Macbook?

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Why can't my Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock operate my desktop speakers?
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07-14-2014 01:48 PM
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