Thanks to Jose's video I was able to record a sample conversation with the Skype lady. I'm going to document everything here for future reference:
Properties for playback and recording were both set to C-media wave device.
Audio repeater settings: in- headset mic out- C-media wave device
Audacity preferences were both C-media
Skype options were both C-media
Taxonomy upgrade extras: * Class of 2.3