I want the sound quality that's associated with the E-mu soundcard. But there's also a practical reason. The E-mu's outs go to a digital piano that has six speakers - doubles as a stereo.
I don't need great sound quality for Skype, and my headset has a two-prong termination that goes into the computer case.
So I'm hoping that there's a way to get Media Player to not use the default chip and instead be mapped to the E-mu card.
OK, got it! In Media Player's toolbar, I clicked Tools, Options. The Options Window has a lot of tabs. Clicked Devices, then Speakers. Voila! Media Player now goes out thru the E-mu card to the piano's line ins, and Skype still uses the on-board SoundMax chip. (SoundMax still shows as the default device in Windows' Control Panel.)